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7270452059Abraham and IsaacGod tests a man to sacrifice his son and an angel stops him0
7270452060AchillesGreek hero of the Trojan war1
7270452061Absaloma son who brings heartache to his father2
7270452062Judgement DayA religious term for the end of the world3
7270452063Atlasa book of maps4
7270452064BethlehemBirthplace of Jesus5
7270452065Cain and AbelAdam and Eve's sons, Cain killed Abel6
7270452066cast the first stonebe the first to make an accusation7
7270452067Daedalus and IcarusFather and son who dared to fly too near the sun on wings of feathers and wax8
7270452068Dionysus/BacchusGod of wine and fertility9
7270452069Four Horsemen of the Apocalypsesymbolic of death and devastation 1. Antichrist 2. Terrible warfare 3. famine 4. Death10
7270452070Garden of GethsemanePlace where Jesus prayed in agony and the soldiers came to arrest him.11
7270452071GorgonsThree monsters of Greek Mythology; only one was mortal-Medusa12
7270452072Guy Fawkesa member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 160513
7270452073Holy GrailExtremely desirable or valuable, long and difficult quest14
7270452074Jacobs Ladder15
7270452075Jephthah's daughter16
7270452076Jezebel17
7270452077John the BaptistRelative of Jesus who prepared the way for him by preaching repentance and baptizing18
7270452078Judas IscariotOne of the twelve Apostles who betrays Jesus with a kiss for thirty pieces of silver.19
7270452079Lamb of God20
7270452080Lazarusa man who, in a story from the Bible, was "raised from the dead" by Jesus Christ21
7270452081Lethe River22
7270452082Lord's Prayer23
7270452083Lot's wife24
7270452084Virgin Mary25
7270452085Noah and the flood26
7270452086OdysseusEpic hero of The Trojan War who is trying to return home to Ithaca to see his wife and son27
7270452087Trojan horsefake peace-offering created to trick the Greeks and end the Trojan war28
7270452088Pandora29
7270452089PersephoneQueen of the Underworld30
7270452090PhilistinesEnemies of the Israelites, the strongest people in Canaan31
7270452091Primordial soup32
7270452092Prodigal SonA story of forgiveness. The father was filled with joy upon seeing his son return home.33
7270452093Prometheusmythical figure who stole fire from the gods for humans34
7270452094Psalm 23:435
7270452095Sisyphustrickster who twice defied Death, pushes forever a rolling stone36
7270452096Sodom and Gomorrahcities destroyed by God because of wickedness37
7270452097SolomonSon of David, built the Temple in Jerusalem38
7270452098Styx / Charon39
7270452099Tempest40
7270452100Tower of Babel41
7270452101Troy42
7270452102Utopiaan ideal society43

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